Centralia police detectives examine the front of the freight train after it struck and killed a pedestrian on the tracks in Centralia this morning
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A man was struck and killed by a freight train early this morning in Centralia.
Aid and police were called about 4:45 a.m. to the area near Summa Street.
Centralia Police Department detective Pat Beall said it appeared the man was walking, saw the train and didn’t make an effort to move.
Police officers and detectives were gathered on the east side of the BNSF tracks at Plum Street, and hung yellow police tape blocking off the area where the individual came to rest.
The engine of the northbound train was stopped just short of Main Street.
Beall said they didn’t yet know the identity of the man, but estimated he was older than 40 and younger than 60. He said he thought the man was walking northbound on the tracks when he got hit.
“There’s a video, we’ll have to wait for that,” Beall said. “We won’t have that for about a week.”
Police officers and detectives investigate the area on the east side of Plum Street in Centralia where a man's body came to rest after he was struck and killed by a freight train early this morning
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter